Accepted an offer and buyer never came through.

Question

I have a couple of offers that I accepted and the buyer never comes through with the payment. Why does this happen ??

lisa5768 · Answer

@rozaizel222

eBay has made some changes to offers. When a seller accepts an offer the buyer is notified and instructed to pay. The item is not sold until the buyer actually pays. This is why it is not in your sold items and you can not send an invoice, eBay has already done that. This is more like the way buy it now with immediate payment works. Since the item is not sold until payment and still active another buyer can purchase at full price. This information is also in the payment message the buyer receives.

This is meant to cut down on sellers having items removed from sale while waiting on a buyer to pay and then having to relist if they don't. Item continues to be listed until paid for.